H03F2201/3233

DISTORTION COMPENSATION DEVICE AND DISTORTION COMPENSATION METHOD

A distortion compensation device includes a first table, a second table, a calculating unit, a first updating unit, and a second updating unit. The first table holds a coefficient of a nonlinear term included in a filtering coefficient associated with an address other than a prescribed address obtained from the input signal x(n). The second table holds a coefficient of a linear term related to the prescribed address. The calculating unit calculates, based on the output signal, each of the update amounts of the coefficient of the nonlinear term and the coefficient of the linear term. The first updating unit updates each of the coefficients in the first table based on the update amount of the coefficient of the nonlinear term. The second updating unit updates each of the coefficients of the second table based on the update amount of the coefficient of the linear term.

Time constant tracking for digital pre-distortion

A transmitter for a communication system comprises a digital pre-distortion (DPD) circuit and adaptation circuitry. The DPD circuit is configured to generate a digital intermediate signal by compensating an input signal for distortions resulting from an amplifier. The amplifier is configured to output an output signal based on the digital intermediate signal. The DPD circuit includes one or more an infinite impulse response (IIR) filters configured to implement a first transfer function based on a first parameter, and a second transfer function based on the first parameter and a time constant. The DPD circuit is configured to generate an adjustment signal based on the first transfer function and the second transfer function. The adaptation circuitry is configured to update the first parameter based on the adjustment signal, the input signal, and the output signal.

LINEARIZATION OF A NON-LINEAR ELECTRONIC DEVICE
20230216451 · 2023-07-06 ·

There is provided mechanisms for enabling linearization of a non-linear electronic device. A method is performed by a linearizer device. The method comprises receiving an input signal destined to be input to the non-linear electronic device. Input-output characteristics of the non-linear electronic device is in the linearizer device represented by a linearization function defined by a LUT based model of base functions. The linearizer device is configured to in a greedy pursuit framework select the base functions according to a signal reconstruction criterion. The method comprises obtaining an output signal by subjecting the input signal to the linearization function. The method comprises providing the output signal, instead of the input signal, as input to the non-linear electronic device, thereby enabling linearization of the non-linear electronic device.

Method and system for multi-band digital pre-distortion using a canonical form with reduced dimension look-up table
20220416823 · 2022-12-29 ·

A system and method for multi-band digital pre-distortion (DPD) for a non-linear system. The system includes a DPD circuitry configured to perform multi-band DPD on a multi-band input signal to compensate for a non-linearity of a non-linear system. The multi-band input signal includes input signals of multiple frequency bands and the DPD circuitry is configured to perform DPD on an input signal of each frequency band per frequency band. The DPD circuitry is configured to perform the DPD using a combination of a look-up table (LUT) that evaluates a non-linear function and computation of terms of a non-linear polynomial of one or more variables representing the input signals of multiple frequency bands. Both the non-linear function and the non-linear polynomial are in a reduced dimension lower than a dimension of the multi-band input signal.

Method and system for digital correction for a dynamically varying non-linear system

A system and method for digital correction for a dynamically varying non-linear system. The system includes a correction circuitry including at least one look-up table (LUT). The correction circuitry is configured to receive an input signal and modify the input signal to be processed by the non-linear system using at least one LUT to correct non-linearity incurred by the non-linear system. The at least one LUT is addressed by a magnitude or power of the input signal and a dynamically varying parameter associated with the input signal. The dynamically varying parameter may be one of average signal power of the input signal, a differential of the average power of the input signal, a directional beam index, or temperature.

MODEL ARCHITECTURE SEARCH AND OPTIMIZATION FOR HARDWARE

Systems, devices, and methods related to using model architecture search for hardware configuration are provided. A method includes receiving, by a computer-implemented system, information associated with a pool of processing units; receiving, by the computer-implemented system, a data set associated with a data transformation operation; training, based on the data set and the information associated with the pool of processing units, a parameterized model associated with the data transformation operation, where the training includes updating at least one parameter of the parameterized model associated with configuring at least a subset of the processing units in the pool; and outputting, based on the training, one or more configurations for at least the subset of the processing units in the pool.

MODEL ARCHITECTURE SEARCH AND OPTIMIZATION FOR HARDWARE

Systems, devices, and methods related to using model architecture search for hardware configuration are provided. An example apparatus includes an input node to receive an input signal; a pool of processing units to perform one or more arithmetic operations and one or more signal selection operations, wherein each of the processing units in the pool is associated with at least one parameterized model corresponding to a data transformation operation; and a control block to configure, based on a first parameterized model, a first subset of the processing units in the pool, where the first subset of the processing units processes the input signal to generate a first signal.

COMPENSATION CIRCUIT MODULE, POWER AMPLIFICATION ASSEMBLY, COMPENSATION METHOD AND DEVICE

A compensation circuit module includes a variable resistor, a detection component and a control component. A detection end of the detection component is connected with a DC blocking capacitor of the power amplifier and is configured to detect a voltage swing of an input signal of the DC blocking capacitor. The control component is connected with the detection component and is configured to output a control signal according to the input signal detected by the detection component. The variable resistor is connected with the output end of the control component and is configured to change the resistance connected to the power amplifier according to the control signal, and the resistance of the variable resistor connected to the power amplifier is configured to constitute the feedback resistance of the power amplifier.

METHOD FOR DETERMINING FILTER COEFFICIENTS AND EQUALIZER CIRCUIT
20220368289 · 2022-11-17 · ·

A method of determining filter coefficients of an equalizer circuit for equalizing a non-linear electronic system is described. The equalizer circuit includes a Volterra filter circuit. Further, an equalizer circuit for equalizing a non-linear electronic system and an electronic device are described.

LOOKUP TABLE CALIBRATION APPARATUS AND METHOD
20220368300 · 2022-11-17 ·

A lookup table calibration apparatus and method are disclosed. The lookup table calibration apparatus includes a power amplifier circuit configured to amplify a radio frequency (RF) signal having time-variant power levels based on a modulated voltage. To ensure proper alignment between the modulated voltage and the time-variant power levels, the power amplifier circuit is further configured to phase-shift the RF signal based on a modulated phase correction voltage. Specifically, the modulated voltage is generated based on a modulated voltage lookup table and the modulated phase correction voltage is generated based on a phase correction voltage lookup table. Herein, the lookup table calibration apparatus can be configured to concurrently populate and/or calibrate the modulated voltage lookup table and the phase correction voltage lookup table based on a measured gain and a measured phase of the RF signal, respectively.